Africa: Nigeria

Sanitation at the Bakassi camp for displaced people is basic - experts fear a catastrophe if the coronavirus takes root. By Audu Marte (AFP)

Virus fear stalks Nigeria displaced camps

Apr 3, 2020

Men and women cluster around plastic wash basins hastily set up outside one of northeast Nigeria's sprawling displaced p ...

The government has promised to distribute food to the poor in Lagos to see them through the lockdown, but the challenge is huge. By Benson IBEABUCHI (AFP)

Nigeria virus lockdown pushes Lagos poor to the br...

Apr 2, 2020

A large crowd jostled and cheered in the poor district of Alimosho in Nigeria's megacity Lagos as the doors of a lorry s ...

People use computers in Lagos, Nigeria, on January 20, 2020. Nigerian journalists recently spoke with CPJ about their concerns over a proposed social media bill. (Reuters/Temilade Adelaja)

An attempt to gag the media: Journalists on Nigeri...

Apr 1, 2020

At a public hearing on Nigeria rsquo;s social media bill held in Abuja last month, the voice of Chris Isiguzo ...

COVID-19: It Is Dangerous To Block Citizen’s Acces...

Apr 1, 2020

Paradigm Initiative has urged the government of Ghana and Nigeria not to block the telephone lines or access of c ...

The bridges that are normally impassable at rush hour were empty. By Pierre FAVENNEC (AFP)

Bustling Lagos turns ghost town under virus lockdo...

Mar 31, 2020

Lagos -- Nigeria's seething economic hub of 20 million that residents say never sleeps -- was silenced Tuesday as Africa ...

Lagos authorities have set up an isolation and treatment centre in a sports stadium. By PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (AFP)

Millions of Nigerians enter lockdown as Africa tri...

Mar 31, 2020

More than 20 million Nigerians on Monday went into lockdown in sub-Saharan Africa's biggest city Lagos and the capital A ...

Presidential Broadcast: It's Time To Support Niger...

Mar 30, 2020

APC Mandate Defenders (APCMD) has reacted to the critical statement issued against President Muhammadu Buhari 39;s b ...

UN Strengthens Nigeria’s COVID-19 Response Capacit...

Mar 30, 2020

Against the backdrop of global efforts to tackle the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and its impact on co ...

Nigerians brace for lockdown as Africa tries to ha...

Mar 30, 2020

Over 20 million Nigerians on Monday scrambled to prepare for lockdown in sub-Saharan Africa's biggest city Lagos and the ...

Foreign nationals were flying out of Nigeria's Abuja airport Sunday. By Kola SULAIMON (AFP)

Nigeria orders lockdown in Lagos, Abuja over virus

Mar 30, 2020

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday ordered the cessation of all movements for two weeks in the largest cit ...

Bible Translator Dies In Nigeria

Mar 28, 2020

Deacon Stephen Ejueyitsi Aganbi, a Bible translator, has died in Koko, headquarters of Warri North Local Governme ...

Broad Street, the home of some of Nigeria's biggest corporations, has become almost deserted. By PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (AFP)

Nigeria struggles towards shutdown as virus fears ...

Mar 27, 2020

The normally bustling markets have thinned out and the notoriously clogged roads are eerily free: Lagos is lurching towa ...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's office says he is at work after his chief of staff tested positive for the virus. By Kola SULAIMON (AFP)

Nigeria presidency says leader at work after aide ...

Mar 27, 2020

Nigeria's presidency has insisted that leader Muhammadu Buhari remains hard at work in a bid to quash rumours about his ...

Nigeria: RCCG Supports Coronavirus Fight

Mar 27, 2020

Over the last three years Pastor Adeboye through the RCCG Christian Social Responsibility initiative has donated essenti ...

COVID-19: Buhari Should Pay Every Nigerian N200,00...

Mar 26, 2020

A popular young politician has asked President Muhammadu Buhari, to pay every Nigerian a sum of N200,000 as stimulus ...

Top health official Abdulaziz Abdullahi said Nigeria has received 100,000 face masks, 1,000 protective gowns and 20,000 test kits. By Kola SULAIMON (AFP)

Nigeria receives COVID-19 test kits from Chinese b...

Mar 25, 2020

Nigeria on Wednesday received test kits and protective gear from China's richest man, Jack Ma, to help fight novel coron ...

Mali, mired in an eight-year-old conflict, said two nationals who had returned from France tested positive for the virus. Here, a Malian researcher holds a sample to be tested at a research center in Bamako. By MICHELE CATTANI (AFP/File)

Virus hits war-ravaged Mali, sparks scare among Ni...

Mar 25, 2020

Four countries led by war-ravaged Mali on Wednesday joined the lengthening list of African countries hit by the novel co ...